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The Rise and Fall of Saul

Old Testament. Biblical Backgrounds. The Rise and Fall of Saul. Maps by David P. Barrett, used by permission. Tabernacle in Shiloh. 1 Samuel 4:1-2.

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The Rise and Fall of Saul

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  1. Old Testament Biblical Backgrounds The Rise and Fall of Saul Maps by David P. Barrett, used by permission

  2. Tabernacle in Shiloh

  3. 1 Samuel 4:1-2 Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside Ebenezer while the Philistines camped in Aphek. And the Philistines drew up in battle array to meet Israel. When the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.

  4. PHILISTINES

  5. 1 Samuel 4:3 When the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that it may come among us and deliver us from the power of our enemies.”

  6. 1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh and from there they carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

  7. 1 Samuel 4:21-22 And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband. And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God was taken.” dAbk'-yai dAbk'

  8.  Ekron  Ashdod  BethShemesh Valley of Sorek  Gath Bethlehem   Ashkelon  Hebron  Gaza Beersheba 

  9. Beth Shemesh

  10. Samuel as Judge A new call to repentance 1 Samuel 7

  11. Battle at Mizpah1 Samuel 7:10-11 • Alliance of five kings • Prayer to the Lord • Answer from the skies • Victory • Pursuit of enemy down the valley

  12. 1 Samuel 8:4-5 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; 5 and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations.”

  13. Israel’s Request for a King • Initiated because of the ungodly successors to Samuel • They sought the Lord to choose their king • God had promised they would have a king (Deuteronomy 17:14-17)

  14. What it means to have a king • He will draft your sons into his military (8:11). • He will conscript people to do his plowing and harvesting and to manufacture his weapons of war (8:12). • He will take your daughters for household duties (8:13).

  15. What it means to have a king • He will take your lands and vineyards and groves and give them to his retainers (8:14). • He will tax the produce of your land (8:15). • He will take your servants and animals (8:16). • He will take YOU (8:17).

  16. 1 Samuel 8:4-6 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; 5 and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations.” 6 But the thing was displeasing in the sight of Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the LORD.

  17. 1 Samuel 9-10 1 Samuel 8 A king chosen The people come to Samuel with their request Saul comes to Samuel about lost donkeys All Israel comes to anoint Saul A king requested

  18. 1 Samuel 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.

  19. 1 Samuel 9:2 He had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.

  20. 1 Samuel 9:3 Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to his son Saul, “Take now with you one of the servants, and arise, go search for the donkeys.”

  21. 1 Samuel 9:4 He passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them.

  22. A circuitous search • Seeking a seer Hill Country of Ephraim

  23. 1 Samuel 9:15-16 Now a day before Saul’s coming, the LORD had revealed this to Samuel saying, 16 “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over My people Israel; and he will deliver My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have regarded My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

  24. A circuitous search • Seeking a seer • Samuel anoints Saul Hill Country of Ephraim

  25. 1 Samuel 10:17-18 Thereafter Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah; 18 and he said to the sons of Israel, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’”

  26. 1 Samuel 10:19 “But you have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, ‘No, but set a king over us!’ Now therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans.”

  27. 1 Samuel 10:20-21 Thus Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. 21 Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the Matrite family was taken. And Saul the son of Kish was taken; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.

  28. 1 Samuel 10:22-23 Therefore they inquired further of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” So the LORD said, “Behold, he is hiding himself by the baggage.” 23 So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

  29. 1 Samuel 10:24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people.” So all the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”

  30. What images does the description of “king” evoke?

  31. Now Nahash the Ammonite came up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us and we will serve you.” (1 Samuel 11:1). Jabesh-Gilead  !  Gibeah Ammon

  32. But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “I will make it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel.” (1 Samuel 11:2). Jabesh-Gilead  !  Gibeah Ammon

  33. The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to deliver us, we will come out to you.” (1 Samuel 11:3). Jabesh-Gilead  !  Gibeah Ammon

  34. 1 Samuel 11:5 Now behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen, and he said, “What is the matter with the people that they weep?” So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

  35. 1 Samuel 11:6 Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became very angry.

  36. 1 Samuel 11:7 He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” Then the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

  37. The next morning Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. (1 Samuel 11:8a). Jabesh-Gilead  !  Gibeah Ammon

  38. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together. (1 Samuel 11:8b). Jabesh-Gilead  !  Gibeah Ammon

  39. 1 Samuel 11:12-13 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who is he that said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring the men, that we may put them to death.” 13 But Saul said, “Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has accomplished deliverance in Israel.”

  40. 1 Samuel 11:14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there.”

  41. Gilgal  So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal. (1 Samuel 11:15a). Jabesh-Gilead   Gibeah Ammon

  42. Act 2 Act 3 Scene One Saul meets Samuel & is anointed by him (9-10) Act 1 Scene Two Success in battle with the help of God (11). Scene Three Saul’s failure with Samuel & Jonathan (13-14).

  43. 1 Samuel 15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.”

  44. “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt.’ (1 Samuel 15:2). Amalekites

  45. “Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” (1 Samuel 15:3). Amalekites

  46. 1 Samuel 15:7-8 So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

  47. 1 Samuel 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

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